China Censorship Outcry Spreads to Beijing

By

Brian Spegele and

Josh Chin in Beijing, and

Paul Mozur in Guangzhou

Updated Jan. 9, 2013 1:10 p.m. ET

BEIJING—Rebellion among Chinese journalists over the Communist Party's censorship methods spread to the capital, where editors at a large Beijing daily confronted propaganda authorities in a late-night attempt to assert their independence, according to a journalist at the publication.

The journalist at the Beijing News, one of the capital's largest newspapers, said propaganda officials arrived at the paper Tuesday night to order the publication to print an editorial—which had run Monday in a nationalist tabloid—denouncing...